Scoreboard Feb. 29
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
HORSE RACING
10 a.m. Racing Coast to Coast FOXSP2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Maryland at North Carolina ESPN
2 p.m. Marquette at Cincinnati ESPN2
4 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL
4 p.m. Chicago at San Antonio ESPN
5:30 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Lakers FOXSP2
NHL HOCKEY
2:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Dallas NBCSN
5 p.m. Buffalo at Anaheim FOXSP2
SOCCER
9:30 a.m. Men’s national teams: Italy vs. United States ESPN2
THURSDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
GOLF
10 a.m. PGA Tour: The Honda Classic (first round) TGC
HORSE RACING
10 a.m. Racing Coast to Coast FOXSP2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Michigan at Illinois ESPN
2 p.m. Florida St. at Virginia ESPN2
4 p.m. Georgia at Kentucky ESPN
4 p.m. Villanova at Rutgers ESPN2
5:30 p.m. Colorado at Oregon FOXSP
6 p.m. New Mexico St. at Nevada ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. Oklahoma City at Orlando TNT
5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Sacramento FOXSP2
5:30 p.m. Miami at Portland TNT
TODAY’S BIIF SCHEDULE
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Varsity matches follow 6 p.m. JV matches unless noted below
Hualalai at Christian Liberty, 6 p.m.
Laupahoehoe at Konawaena
Ke Ana Laahana at St. Joseph
Parker at Ka’u
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MAJOR SCORES
Tuesday’s results
EAST
Providence 72, UConn 70
West Virginia 92, DePaul 75
SOUTH
Duke 79, Wake Forest 71
Memphis 84, UCF 55
Vanderbilt 77, Florida 67
MIDWEST
Indiana 70, Michigan St. 55
Saint Louis 70, Xavier 59
Wisconsin 52, Minnesota 45
SOUTHWEST
Kansas St. 76, Texas A&M 70
Mississippi 77, Arkansas 75
FAR WEST
E. Washington 77, Idaho St. 64
Montana 66, Weber St. 51
Portland St. 75, N. Colorado 74
Wyoming 71, TCU 59
TOURNAMENTS
Horizon League
First round
Butler 70, Wright St. 52
Detroit 80, Loyola of Chicago 71
Milwaukee 68, Ill.-Chicago 55
Youngstown St. 77, Green Bay 60
AP TOP 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Kentucky (63) 28-1 1,623 1
2. Syracuse (2) 29-1 1,562 2
3. Kansas 24-5 1,459 4
4. Duke 25-4 1,409 5
5. Michigan St. 24-5 1,372 6
6. North Carolina 25-4 1,314 7
7. Missouri 25-4 1,253 3
8. Marquette 24-5 1,150 10
9. Baylor 24-5 1,055 13
10. Ohio St. 23-6 1,036 8
11. Georgetown 21-6 906 9
12. Murray St. 28-1 885 14
13. Michigan 21-8 766 11
14. Wisconsin 21-8 764 16
15. Wichita St. 26-4 754 19
16. Florida 22-7 638 12
17. UNLV 24-6 531 21
18. Indiana 22-7 444 23
19. Louisville 22-7 426 17
20. Notre Dame 20-9 357 20
21. San Diego St. 22-6 304 24
22. Florida St. 19-9 252 15
23. Temple 22-6 158 22
24. Virginia 21-7 142 25
25. Creighton 25-5 140 —
Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 115, Iowa St. 80, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 62, New Mexico 60, Drexel 41, Vanderbilt 23, VCU 9, Long Beach St. 8, BYU 6, Harvard 5, Memphis 5, California 3, Purdue 3, Kansas St. 2, Southern Miss. 2, Alabama 1.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MAJOR SCORES
Tuesday’s results
MIDWEST
Akron 78, Buffalo 69
Bowling Green 91, Kent St. 48
Cent. Michigan 61, E. Michigan 46
Miami (Ohio) 51, Ohio 49
Texas 75, Missouri 62
Toledo 70, Ball St. 65
W. Michigan 66, N. Illinois 64, OT
SOUTHWEST
TCU 58, Wyoming 48
FAR WEST
Pacific 73, Long Beach St. 68
Utah Valley 71, Houston Baptist 36
AP TOP 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Baylor (40) 29-0 1,000 1
2. Stanford 26-1 946 2
3. Notre Dame 27-2 927 3
4. UConn 26-3 887 4
5. Duke 24-4 813 7
6. Maryland 25-4 808 6
7. Miami 25-4 757 5
8. Delaware 26-1 688 9
9. Penn St. 23-5 658 11
10. Kentucky 24-5 624 13
11. Green Bay 25-1 597 12
12. Georgetown 22-6 521 15
13. Tennessee 21-8 505 10
14. Ohio St. 24-5 485 8
15. Georgia Tech 22-7 367 17
16. Georgia 22-7 355 18
17. Texas A&M 20-7 351 14
18. St. John’s 20-8 306 20
19. St. Bonaventure 27-2 294 19
20. Louisville 20-8 291 16
21. Purdue 21-8 227 22
22. Gonzaga 25-4 124 25
23. Rutgers 20-8 120 24
24. Nebraska 21-7 102 23
25. South Carolina 21-8 46 —
Others receiving votes: Princeton 45, Arkansas 36, DePaul 34, California 25, West Virginia 25, Middle Tennessee 15, Florida Gulf Coast 8, Vanderbilt 6, Iowa 3, Fresno St. 2, Oklahoma 2.
HOCKEY
NHL GLANCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 61 40 15 6 86 169 124
Pittsburgh 62 36 21 5 77 198 163
Philadelphia 62 34 21 7 75 203 188
New Jersey 62 35 23 4 74 172 170
N.Y. Islanders 63 26 28 9 61 148 187
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 61 37 21 3 77 200 140
Ottawa 65 34 23 8 76 199 192
Toronto 63 29 27 7 65 187 195
Buffalo 62 27 27 8 62 154 180
Montreal 64 24 30 10 58 164 177
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 62 30 20 12 72 158 172
Washington 63 32 26 5 69 172 178
Winnipeg 65 30 27 8 68 166 186
Tampa Bay 63 29 28 6 64 176 213
Carolina 63 24 26 13 61 166 190
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit 64 42 19 3 87 202 151
St. Louis 63 39 17 7 85 161 126
Nashville 64 37 20 7 81 181 165
Chicago 64 33 24 7 73 193 189
Columbus 63 18 38 7 43 146 212
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 64 40 16 8 88 204 156
Colorado 64 33 27 4 70 168 173
Calgary 63 28 24 11 67 151 173
Minnesota 63 28 26 9 65 139 167
Edmonton 62 25 31 6 56 167 184
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Phoenix 63 33 21 9 75 166 156
San Jose 62 33 22 7 73 178 159
Dallas 63 33 26 4 70 165 171
Los Angeles 64 29 23 12 70 138 137
Anaheim 63 27 26 10 64 161 178
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Monday’s results
N.Y. Rangers 2, New Jersey 0
Nashville 2, Los Angeles 1
Edmonton 5, Winnipeg 3
Colorado 4, Anaheim 1
St. Louis 3, Calgary 1
Tuesday’s results
Phoenix 2, Vancouver 1, SO
Ottawa 1, Boston 0
Florida 5, Toronto 3
Washington 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT
Carolina 4, Nashville 3
Detroit 5, Columbus 2
Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1
Los Angeles 4, Minnesota 0
San Jose 1, Philadelphia 0
Today’s games
Pittsburgh at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago, 3 p.m.
St. Louis at Edmonton, 5 p.m.
Buffalo at Anaheim, 5 p.m.
GOLF
PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Scoring Average
1, Kyle Stanley, 69.20. 2, John Huh, 69.32. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 69.37. 4, John Senden, 69.42. 5, Steve Stricker, 69.50. 6, Hunter Mahan, 69.51. 7, Phil Mickelson, 69.57. 8, Webb Simpson, 69.59. 9 (tie), John Rollins and Carl Pettersson, 69.69.
Driving Distance
1, Bubba Watson, 315.5. 2, Carl Pettersson, 311.3. 3, Robert Garrigus, 309.1. 4, Kyle Stanley, 308.0. 5 (tie), Jason Kokrak and Jamie Lovemark, 307.8. 7, Dustin Johnson, 306.2. 8, Harris English, 305.5. 9, J.B. Holmes, 305.2. 10, Josh Teater, 304.3.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
1, Paul Goydos, 73.76%. 2, Scott McCarron, 73.64%. 3, Heath Slocum, 72.78%. 4, Hunter Mahan, 71.26%. 5, Jim Furyk, 71.17%. 6, John Senden, 70.48%. 7, Brian Gay, 70.47%. 8, Brian Davis, 69.08%. 9, John Huh, 69.06%. 10, David Toms, 69.01%.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
1, Webb Simpson, 75.90%. 2, Bubba Watson, 74.30%. 3, Michael Bradley, 74.10%. 4, Mark Wilson, 74.00%. 5, Kyle Stanley, 73.70%. 6, Steve Stricker, 72.90%. 7, Harris English, 72.50%. 8 (tie), John Senden, Steve Marino and David Toms, 72.20%.
Total Driving
1, John Rollins, 52. 2, Bo Van Pelt, 64. 3, John Senden, 65. 4, Graham DeLaet, 70. 5 (tie), Tom Gillis and Chad Campbell, 71. 7, Rod Pampling, 75. 8, Jason Dufner, 77. 9, Jason Kokrak, 79. 10, Rickie Fowler, 80.
Putting Average
1, Chad Collins, 1.677. 2, Zach Johnson, 1.685. 3, Gavin Coles, 1.686. 4, Ben Crane, 1.694. 5, Greg Chalmers, 1.696. 6, Richard H. Lee, 1.699. 7 (tie), Michael Thompson and Hunter Mahan, 1.702. 9, Johnson Wagner, 1.705. 10, Three tied with 1.707.
Birdie Average
1, Steve Stricker, 5.13. 2, Ben Crane, 4.93. 3, Robert Garrigus, 4.77. 4, Ryan Moore, 4.67. 5, Bo Van Pelt, 4.64. 6, David Toms, 4.60. 7, Martin Laird, 4.59. 8 (tie), Kyle Stanley and Webb Simpson, 4.58. 10, Two tied with 4.50.
Eagles (Holes per)
1, Ben Crane, 36.0. 2, Danny Lee, 51.0. 3 (tie), Steve Wheatcroft, Bobby Gates and Gary Woodland, 54.0. 6, 7 tied with 72.0.
Sand Save Percentage
1, Steve Stricker, 73.33%. 2, Jonas Blixt, 72.00%. 3 (tie), Sean O’Hair, K.J. Choi and Boo Weekley, 66.67%. 6, Brian Gay, 65.22%. 7, Keegan Bradley, 64.71%. 8, Five tied with 64.29%.
All-Around Ranking
1, Keegan Bradley, 239. 2, Ben Crane, 249. 3, Kyle Stanley, 278. 4, Brandt Snedeker, 300. 5, John Huh, 312. 6, John Rollins, 355. 7, Steve Stricker, 360. 8, Bubba Watson, 362. 9, Carl Pettersson, 369. 10, John Senden, 373.
PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders
1, Kyle Stanley, (6), $1,938,515. 2, Phil Mickelson, (5), $1,789,931. 3, Mark Wilson, (6), $1,768,343. 4, Hunter Mahan, (4), $1,760,840. 5, Bill Haas, (6), $1,661,659. 6, Johnson Wagner, (6), $1,660,293. 7, Brandt Snedeker, (5), $1,477,879. 8, Steve Stricker, (3), $1,282,000. 9, John Huh, (5), $1,047,132. 10, Martin Laird, (6), $1,040,539.
LPGA TOUR STATISTICS
Scoring
1, Ai Miyazato, 68.88. 2, Shanshan Feng, 69.50. 3, Yani Tseng, 69.92. 4, Amy Yang, 70.00. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 70.38. 6 (tie), Jiyai Shin and Jenny Shin, 70.58. 8, Stacy Lewis, 71.08. 9 (tie) Catriona Matthew and Se Ri Pak, 71.3750.
Driving Distance
1, Brittany Lincicome, 296.0. 2, Paige Mackenzie, 278.5. 3, Brittany Lang, 277.0. 4 (tie), Hee Young Park and Vicky Hurst, 276.5. 6, Lexi Thompson, 275.0. 7 (tie), Sophie Gustafson, Jessica Korda and Pernilla Lindberg, 274.0. 10, Wendy Doolan, 272.5.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
1, So Yeon Ryu, 80.60%. 2, Jenny Shin, 79.20%. 3 (tie), Lexi Thompson, Karine Icher and Katie Futcher, 77.80%. 6 (tie), Lorie Kane and Brittany Lincicome, 76.40%. 8, Karin Sjodin, 75.00%. 9, Five tied with 73.60%.
Birdie Average
1, Yani Tseng, 4.92. 2, Jiyai Shin, 4.00. 3, Jenny Shin, 3.92. 4, Stacy Lewis, 3.75. 5, Kristy McPherson, 3.42. 6 (tie), Anna Nordqvist and Jimin Kang, 3.33. 8 (tie), Hee Young Park, Ai Miyazato and Suzann Pettersen, 4.88.
Eagle Average
1, Tiffany Joh, 0.25. 2 (tie), Stacy Lewis, Caroline Hedwall, Yani Tseng, Jenny Shin and Christina Kim, 0.17. 7, 19 tied with 0.13.
Sand Save Percentage
1, Jiyai Shin, 80.00%. 2 (tie), Jenny Shin and Beatriz Recari, 75.00%. 4, Sandra Gal, 72.73%. 5, Azahara Munoz, 68.42%. 6 (tie), Lexi Thompson, Dori Carter, Sun Young Yoo, Tiffany Joh and Numa Gulyanamitta, 66.67%.
Rounds Under Par
1, Shanshan Feng, 1.000. 2, Ai Miyazato, .875. 3, Jenny Shin, .833. 4 (tie), Na Yeon Choi and Amy Yang, .750. 6 (tie), Jiyai Shin, Stacy Lewis and Yani Tseng, .667. 9, So Yeon Ryu, .625. 10, Hee Young Park, .600.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
DETROIT TIGERS—Agreed to terms RHP Collin Balester, RHP Luis Marte, RHP David Pauley, INF Danny Worth and OF Clete Thomas on one-year contracts.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Named Bryan Robinson vice president of human resources.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jorge De Leon and OF J.B. Shuck on one-year contracts.
American Association
AMARILLO SOX—Signed OF Cyle Hankerd and INF Van Pope.
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Signed INF David Cooper.
GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS—Acquired RHP Jon Hunton from Long Island (Atlantic) to complete an earlier trade.
WICHITA WINGNUTS—Signed RHP Edgar R. Martinez and OF-LHP David Peralta.
Can-Am League
NEWARK BEARS—Signed RHP Brian Parker.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MIAMI HEAT—Signed C Mickell Gladness to a second 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed LB Ahmad Brooks to a six-year contract extension with through the 2017 season.
Canadian Football League
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS—Named John Zamberlin linebackers coach.
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS—Signed QB Colt Brennan and QB Drew Willy.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS—Recalled C Max Sauve from Providence (AHL) on an emergency basis.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Recalled F Brandon Bollig from Rockford (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled D Doug Janik from Grand Rapids (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled F Mike Angelidis, F Trevor Smith, F Pierre-Cedric Labrie and D Evan Oberg from Norfolk (AHL). Reassigned F Alex Hutchings from Florida (ECHL) Everblades to Norfolk.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled F Keith Aucoin from Hershey (AHL).
American Hockey League
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS—Acquired F Nathan Longpre from Chicago for future considerations.
ECHL
ELMIRA JACKALS—Announced G Brian Stewart was assigned to Binghamton (AHL).
COLLEGE
LSU—Named Corey Raymond defensive backs coach.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE—Announced LB D.J. Green was suspended by NCAA for the season after he tested positive for using a banned substance that he did not identify.
SHENANDOAH—Announced the retirement of director of athletics Wayne Edwards, effective May 31.
ST. NORBERT—Named Derek Rhodes men’s soccer coach.
TULSA—Named Darnell Walker Sr. cornerbacks coach.